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After years of searching, Shinya Yamanaka found a way to turn adult skin cells into the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells without using an actual embryo.

After years of searching, Shinya Yamanaka found a way to turn adult skin cells into the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells without using an actual embryo.

MITCH LONGLEY, an actor on the NBC series “Las Vegas,” remembers that day in Rowayton 24 years ago when hundreds of friends, relatives and well-wishers from the community gave him a surprise 18th birthday party and presented him a Buick, wrapped in a bow, that he could drive on his own, with his hands.

Former soccer star Mia Hamm’s brother, Garrett, died of aplastic anemia, which could have been treated if cord blood stem cells been available. After researching the procedure, Hamm and husband Nomar Garciaparra chose last year to save the cord blood of their twin girls, Ava and Grace, with ViaCord
Umbilical cord blood is a source of [...]

A drug-like molecule called Wnt can be substituted for the cancer gene c-Myc, one of four genes added to adult cells to reprogram them to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, according to Whitehead researchers.

Dimos’ work demonstrates the potential for iPS-derived cells in regenerative medicine.

Mo. stem cell lawsuit to be argued in OctoberFort Mills Times, SC - 18 hours agoStem cell research critics want a temporary order preventing the money transfer while the research board is asking that the lawsuit be tossed out. …

UW-Madison gets federal grant for stem cell workChicago Tribune, United States - Aug 5, 2008The University of Wisconsin-Madison is getting an $8.9 million federal grant to continue its human embryonic stem cell research. …

NeoStem Forges Ahead in Its Plan to Open Adult Stem Cell …MarketWatch - Aug 5, 2008announced today that the new Southern Florida stem cell collection center located in Coral Gables, a suburb of Miami, is targeted to open in September. …